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Hi again well I think sometimes it s a matter of taste I asked an American about I never knew and I ve never known because I was not 100 sure of what I said and it turned out that never knew can be used instead of have never known as well so it seems it s not an exception Ah So you also have a...

From what I gather from thise post American English people tend to use more the Simple Past with those adverbs right I think we use both I recently took a trip to Chicago I ve recently taken a trip to Chicago I just got home I ve just got ten home Did you eat yet Have you eaten yet I already ate...

Yes what Kooyeen posted was pretty much what I and a vast number of students probably British oriented was taught in the early stages With JUST RECENTLY YET ALREADY you always need to use Present Perfect as it shows an action in the past that hasn t finished yet or an action that has just...

CalifJim wrote Kooyeen Were there any other adverbs with this property nearly always require a perfect tense in BrE Or just just I d be interested because I think there are several I believe already is another for example I was told just yet already ever never had to be used with perfect tenses...

Tanglish wrote Hi all I can easily indentified the present past future tenses but I don t know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses Thanks I don t understand exactly what you mean Here is some basics...

Liat Let s not muddy up the water on present perfect by starting another debate on Mr vs Mr Event the experts have varying opinions I understand that you have probably an image that my English is not quite native which is ok I take no offense Debates are based on what you know and how you see...

Morningrise wrote I ve got a question about verbs 1 and 5 My teacher says that has driven and has studied are not the correct forms in those contests the correct forms are has been driving and has been studying So what s the difference between present perfect and present perfect continous When...

It was only 10 days ago that the accident happened It is only 10 days since the accident happened When the sentence has two clauses like this and is viewed from the present time ago is preceded by the simple past tense was and since by the present or present perfect tense is has been In addition...

Hi Jack112 Neither sentence contains the present perfect tense Sentence 1 will have been installed is the future perfect in the passive voice This sentence doesn t make much sense or is harder to explain without more of the context The future perfect is used to talk about something that is not...

gt You need to go and see the doctor right away response I have seen him last week he told me it would clear up by itself This is not standard usage The action expressed by the verb takes place in the past and has no time frame leading up to the present simple past tense